limes international The semester magazine for international partners, students, and parents No. 18, March 2017

. Themes: Alumnus, Alumna, Alumni - after graduation it is only just the beginning!

. University is the first Fairtrade University in Baden Württemberg . limes Go in depth with the research master’s program March 2017 March

Next Page Dear limes international Readers,

At this year’s graduation ceremony we We will further expand our offers, said goodbye to over 600 graduates. initiatives, and networks in the With the degree in their pockets the framework of alumni work. You can

alumni have many opportunities. They read in this issue of the Limes March 2017 are now setting the right course for magazine that our alumni have good their individual careers and lives. But connections to their university and we even if our paths are separated for remain in close contact with them. limes

now, it is important for the graduates to never completely lose contact with Enjoy reading one another or their university. Our

former students are also very Your important to us as a university - editorial especially since the alumni contribute

2 significantly to the reputation and image of the university. They are our most important ambassadors both nationally and internationally. With Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schneider our university alumni work we want to Rector of Aalen University permanently strengthen our contact with our former students, integrate them firmly into the university community, and thus form a strong network of active and former university members.

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34 41 53 March 2017 Page Title Page 19 We are blown away… 4 Alumnus, Alumna, Alumni - after graduation limes it is only just the beginning! from the USA to Aalen

7 Aalen University is the first Fairtrade University in Baden Württemberg 20 We are blown away… from Aalen to Sweden 8 Study place of excellence table of contents of table

21 Foreign students integrated Go in depth with the research master’s 3 9 program

11 Aalen meets

12 Research abroad

13 From Aalen to the Middle Kingdom

15 Foreign exchange students are important ambassadors

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March 2017 More and more organizations, educational According to the motto "Provided with food and institutions, and even companies in the free drink, and taught in all good manners," monastic

economy in have been infected with schools and educational institutions (lat. Alumnat) limes "alumni fever" in the recent years and decades. Its offered their pupils not only access to knowledge

origin can be found in pre-medieval Europe. At that and education through teaching and god-fearing time, however, the word "alumni" still had a very education - they also supplied them with food, different meaning from what it is today. clothing, and accommodation. For the pupils often

If you turn the clock of world history back to the came from the poorer sections of the population.

news hour of the , the term "alumni" was These examples show that the term "alumni" has used to describe not only pupils, but also foster constantly changed in the course of history: it 4 children (lat. Alumna = Eng. foster daughter, lat. initially always had a connotation of necessity and Alumnus = Eng. foster son) who required special poverty; the term was later increasingly used to care. Also the Roman soldiers, who were injured or describe the members of universities and higher veterans, and were supposed to be brought back to education institutions. health by intensive care, support, and free food, were called alumni. Conclusions can also be drawn about the meaning of the word when you examine medieval Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.

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Nowadays many universities can look back on a In the form of practical lectures, workshops or centuries-old tradition of alumni. Since the 18th discussion sessions, students can get a real century graduates have joined forces to form impression of the professional career of the associations, connections, and clubs in order to graduates and collect indispensable information keep in touch with each other and with the for their own career planning. university. The prestigious universities in the English and Anglo-American countries maintain a Aalen University provides students with new March 2017 close lifelong contact with the alumni after opportunities and perspectives on their way to graduation. At these universities it is considered the professional world. The mentoring offers honorable for the alumni to get involved in the where former students of Aalen University are limes

alumni network, as well as to support the mentors are particularly effective and university on material and immaterial paths. impressive. Through their insight into the current This lively alumni culture is a desirable example requirements and concerns of the professional

for many German universities and colleges. Even world, alumni can make a significant contribution if the history of Aalen University does not go to strengthening and further improving teaching news quite as far into the past as the history of many and practical education at the university. Not 5 old universities in the USA or Great Britain, the infrequently, appealing internships, topics for importance of maintaining contact with the study, and dissertation work or even job offers alumni has grown enormously in recent years. and direct entries are conveyed after the course. The graduates as well as the former students of Alumni can also benefit from a close relationship Aalen University are an important group within with the "old" university. According to the motto the university community. Alumni do not only "Once an Aalener - always an Aalener!", there is, serve as credible and authentic ambassadors of of course, the possibility for every Alumna and the university, but also provide an invaluable Alumnus to turn to his / her university at both source of experience and information for current the professional and the private level: students.

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Whether you are interested in current topics at University has set itself the goal of expanding the the university or in the degree programs you alumni work in the coming years, both at the want to listen to a specialist lecture in the frame level of the degree programs and , as well as of the General Studies, you need help organizing across the entire university. A comprehensive

a class meeting, or would like to work on a network is to be created with the combined March 2017 company project in cooperation with professors efforts of the central institutions, and degree and students - Alumni are an important part of programs, as well as the support of the alumni.

the university family and, like the active This is intended to connect students, employees, limes university students, are supported with all professors, friends and sponsors, emeriti and

available forces. alumni, even more closely in the future. After all, after graduation it is only just the beginning! The establishment of a sustainable and lively

Christian Kling network in which active and former members of Communication/Alumni-Management news the university of different generations, career levels, and disciplines are united is a matter of 6 great importance to Aalen University.

A lot has already been achieved in the past years in the schools and study departments in order to build up a strong community for the future. Building on this solid foundation, Aalen Focus For more information and news about the offers, initiatives and networks within the framework of alumni management, please visit: www.hs-aalen.de/alumni

Prev. Page Table of Contents Next Page the application as "Fairtrade University" and Aalen University is the first helped to promote the necessary certification in Fairtrade University in Baden the course of their project work. The professor for industrial management stressed the strong Württemberg practical relevance of the studies: "At the end, we do not have a Power Point presentation but an March 2017 Aalen University has received the "Fairtrade award for being a Fairtrade University. Our University" certificate for its commitment to fair students are changing something." trade. This distinguishes Aalen University not only ssk limes

as the first Fairtrade University of Baden- Württemberg; but also as the first Fairtrade University of Applied Sciences in Germany to be awarded the seal of approval by TransFair. In order to receive the title of "Fairtrade University," research universities must meet a variety of criteria,

7 including a rectorate´s resolution to the topic, Fairtrade events, and offer Fairtrade products at meetings, public events, and in campus catering. For example, fair trade coffee has been served for two years in the main cafeteria and the two other cafeterias at the university. Prof. Dr. Ulrich Holzbaur, Senate´s delegate for sustainable development, underlined the great commitment Very pleased about the high honor of the students, who had laid the foundation for

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Study place of excellence Here, students work together with regional Aalen University is a study place of excellence. At stakeholders to develop projects and specific the first national agenda conference »Education sustainability aspects such as the environment, for Sustainable Development« in Berlin, the ecology, accessibility, responsible Federal Minister for Education and Research, entrepreneurship, and prevention. The student Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka, and the President of projects were implemented, evaluated, and March 2017 the German Commission for UNESCO, Prof. Dr. systematized, especially in the department of Verena Metze, honored the university's industrial management. In the General Studies commitment to sustainability in teaching and program, sustainable development is also limes

research. In total, 65 municipalities, places of conveyed to students of all schools through the learning, and networks in Germany were "Sustainability in practical terms" program and awarded as good examples of education for the lecture series, "Sustainable Development". sustainable development (ESD). Aalen University ssk

was the only university of applied sciences that research received the award, along with two other

8 universities. The sustainability experts, Ariane

Kropp and Daniela Dorrer, as well as the Senate`s

delegate for sustainable development Prof. Dr.

Ulrich Holzbaur, accepted the award for the

university.

A decisive factor for the award was the

systematic foundation of sustainable

development in the structure and education

plan of Aalen University. The cooperation with

city administration and the local Agenda 21 in Daniela Dorrer, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Holzbaur und Ariane Kropp

the "Reallabor Aalen" plays a special role.

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Research update

Go in depth with the research master’s program

research The three-semester research master program available. The study program was conceived five "Advanced Materials and Manufacturing" (AMM) at years ago by several university professors, and 9 Aalen University is an innovative and appealing quickly developed into a strong program within the master program, as it is only offered at very few school of Mechanical Engineering and Materials universities in Germany. The program´s distinctive Science. "The high quality of work and the growing feature: in contrast to the classic »Taught Master«, interdisciplinary nature of the studies are the focus is on applied research. From the very particularly pleasing, so that meanwhile colleagues, beginning, the AMM students are independently and their research groups from other schools, are working on current research topics in the fields of also active in the degree programs," stresses Prof. materials and manufacturing technology, as well as Dr. Volker Knoblauch. design and testing. This is done in an intensive exchange with their supervising professor and their research group, with modern and high-quality labs

Prev. Page Table of Contents Next Page The research master students appreciate this, like By combining this close collaboration with industry Simon Ruck, who finished his studies at the end of and the state-of-the-art analytical labs at the 2015. "The AMM Master is awesome. It offers the university, the AMM Master is a great opportunity possibility of dealing with a topic over a longer to work on research topics." Valentina Reitz also period than normally usual, not only in theory, but sees this as a great advantage. "The close

also in self-employed practical work," says the 27- cooperation with different disciplines in industry March 2017 year-old. Valentina Reitz finished her master's and university strengthens the ability to work in a degree at the Institute for Materials Research in team, and the experts are always available with

June 2016 and is more than satisfied with the advice and help", says the student. limes

course selection: "For me it was a good preparation The accompanying lectures in the fields of

for my current job as a development engineer. I materials science, manufacturing technology, and had to work independently and in a structured way product development provide a deepened and the project was my own responsibility.” theoretical know-how in the field of research. The thesis concludes the three-semester research

research Numerous research projects are involved in project; thus an ideal preparation for demanding national and international cooperations with well- tasks in the industrial research and advance 10 known universities and companies. In this way, the development or for subsequent PhD studies. "We students gain early insights into industrial research can recommend this course of study to everyone and development work and learn to work in who wishes to receive more than just theoretical interdisciplinary teams. Simon Ruck remembers: knowledge from their studies" both, Valentina "For my research topic, laser processing of Reitz and Simon Ruck, agree on. diamond tools, I always had close contact with the Karin Kimmel/Prof. Dr. Volker Knoblauch company Mapal, which gave me industrial tasks, Institute for Materials Research IMFAA

and the company Trumpf, where I could always try out a wide variety of lasers. Institute for Materials Research IMFAA In the research master’s program "Advanced Materials and Manufacturing" (AMM) the focus of studies is on the applied research.

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Aalen meets Lindau

At the 66th conference of Nobel Prize winners in March 2017 Lindau, Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinrich and Ph.D. student Manuel Rank presented current research work from

the Center for Optical Technologies (COT). Every limes

year, the State of Baden-Württemberg invites

excellent and young researchers to take part in a boat trip on the . Leading research institutions have the opportunity to present themselves and their findings. In the previous

research years, Prof. Dr. Herbert Schneckenburger and Prof. Dr. Dagmar Goll attended this event in Lindau. This 11 year, COT took part and its presentation attracted keen interest. Even Dr. Simone Schwanitz, then the Deputy Minister of Science, Research and the Arts Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinrich, Dr. Simone Schwanitz and Manuel Rank of Baden-Wuerttemberg, informed herself about (from the left) at the 66th conference of Nobel Prize winners. additively made optics from Aalen.

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In the sabbatical, professors are released from their teaching obligations in order to devote themselves entirely to research. In the last winter semester,

Prof. Dr. Volker Knoblauch took sabbatical from the March 2017 AMM study program. A stay of several weeks at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB)

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about battery and lightweight construction

materials. An important colleague was Prof. Robert McMeeking, with whom Prof. Dr. Knoblauch had already worked at Robert Bosch GmbH in his previous industrial activities. In addition to the

research elaboration of new ideas, their implementations were also pushed forward. Several research Beautiful research environment at the UCSB. 12 proposals have been successfully implemented with his work group at the Institute for Material Research. This includes the innovative HE-LIB project to improve the performance of electrodes for lithium-ion batteries, as well as the BMWi- funded KersoLife100 project about full-ceramic high-temperature fuel cells for small cogeneration units which is performed with Robert Bosch GmbH, the KIT and the research center Jülich.

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From Aalen to the Middle Kingdom

Michael Egner studied International Business Limes: What were important checkpoints on Administration at Aalen University from 2000 to your career path? 2005. His internship semesters in China and ME: The practical semesters were, of course, a

Mexico have shaped his professional future: highlight. I was especially impressed by the March 2017 Michael Egner has been working in China for experience of being one of the first to almost eight years now. The 40-year-old remains participate in the Shenyang University program.

faithful to the university despite the distance of The internship semester itself took place at a limes some 8,000 kilometers - whether as an Chinese state enterprise - very interesting at that

intermediary for internships for students or as a time. It was during this time that I first got in lecturer and China expert at the "China Days" contact with Continental AG, with whom I then organized by the International Relations Office. did the second practical semester in Mexico. After studying, I worked as a product manager at eople

p Limes: Why did you study in Aalen? Benecke-Kaliko AG, which develops and ME: I originally come from Aalen, and at that manufactures plastic surface materials. I worked 13 time the degree program, International Business in the business development & marketing Administration, was relatively new. The department, and worked as a key account international focus particularly appealed to me. manager in Detroit, USA before taking over Limes: What knowledge from your years of study responsibility for China as general manager for has shaped you? Benecke-Changshun. This was followed by a ME: That, as a graduate of an international move to the senior executive management of business study program, you become a Continental AG as the plant manager of the tire generalist – and that’s quite alright too. plant in Hefei, also in China. And what is still to Limes: Where did you prefer to study and come, we’ll see... It is important that the celebrate in Aalen? profession is fun, challenges you, and that you ME: I studied quite relaxed at a desk, and I are also satisfied when you look back. celebrated at the legendary university parties!

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Limes: Do you still have a relationship with Aalen different companies and other countries and University? cultures - which also becomes more difficult later. ME: In the last years I have participated in the Last but not least, you should not put too much "China Day" organized by the International pressure on time. If it takes half a year longer, it is Relations Office, an excellent opportunity to learn not the end of the world. When it comes to the job about China. And for me personally it is a great search, you should look for something that really March 2017 opportunity to meet former students, who have interests you. Only then is your motivation high done an internship semester in China with me over enough to hang on for the long term. the years. Limes: What is a pity about not being a student limes

Limes: What advice would you give to current anymore? students? ME: My calendar is normally fixed over three, four ME: You have to enjoy your time as a student; you months - vacations are quite rare. This was different will never have an opportunity like this again. Use as a student. Martina Kübler International Relations Office the internship semester to get an insight into people 14

Michael Egner, IBW 2005

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International limes

Foreign exchange students are important ambassadors

international The recently published university strategy clear that rural regions will be particularly affected Ostalbkreis 2030 confirmed: Global networking is by the decline in student numbers. Looking at the 15 one of the relevant trends in academic education development of the 18 to 23-year-olds in the region, and research. Universities must be appealing to the group of potential students, a decline of 20% is internationalGerman and foreign students, and scientists. This expected by 2030. The study shows, "this can lead also includes promoting the international to a significant drop in student numbers for the competences of their students and preparing universities in the region, unless all last efforts are students for the challenges of growing globalization. made to show how attractive it is to study in the Combined with the sword of Damocles of the region. If you look at the PROGNOS study on the demographic change, which makes it possible to demographic change in Germany from 2009, it is forecast a shortage of skilled workers in the region, also clear that the labor force demand will strongly Aalen University will once again intensify its exceed the number of employees by the end of the internationalization in the coming years. The study prognosis period 2030. In engineering, the shortage on the university strategy Ostalbkreis 2030 makes it of specialists and executives will rise to over 30%.

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According to PROGNOS, the demographic change For the university and research landscape will also lead to a reduction in the number of Ostalbkreis 2030, the strategy paper for the area inhabitants by around 4.1 million by 2030. The of ​​teaching was formulated in such a way that the shortage of labor will be between 4.2 and 5.2 appeal for students from abroad must be million workers, depending on the scenario. Of increased. For this purpose, innovative concepts

particular importance, is the message that are also needed in order to become even more March 2017 approximately 2.4 million graduates will be missing visible abroad. from the labor market by 2030, and thus up to 30%

of the workforce for high-quality jobs. What can be First concepts are already being developed and limes

done to counter this development? Scientists and implemented in ongoing projects or are being experts agree that, in particular, immigration is a planned.

starting point in this context. Transferred to higher education it means nothing more than the fact that At Aalen University for example, a successful in the future more students from abroad will have university-based company program has been set

international to be recruited. up. This, in cooperation with companies, includes the acquisition of foreign students for study and an 16 Given the current challenges, this idea may not be internship in Germany, to achieve an early binding of paramount importance for everyone, but this of "high potentials" to the respective company. may already be necessary in the near future. That is why it is crucial to encourage anticyclical thinking In fact, the expert interviews on the university today, in order to set the proper course for the strategy Ostalbkreis 2030 also showed that future - not only when the emergency has already maintaining a continuing relationship with alumni occurred, and the cake of the international in the region can only be achieved through education market has already been distributed. intensive cooperation between the universities and the regional companies. This applies, of course, not only to the German alumni, but also to the foreign alumni of the universities in the region.

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At this juncture, too, roots must be planted within The International Relations Offices of the the regional economy through practical universities of the region actually have been examinations, internships, dissertation work, or job cooperating in various ways for several years. They offers in order to make the transition from study to have already achieved significant growth of their profession seamless and to challenge the future cooperation beyond the level of teaching, within

lack of specialists. the framework of the three-year project March 2017 MOSTKIND (Mentoring East-Württemberg - »TOP - Talents Ostwürttemberg Plus« Cooperative Integration of Non-German Students)

funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and limes

The BWS plus project "TOP" (Talents Research. MOSTKIND is an overall regional concept Ostwürttemberg Plus) is another example. It was for promoting the professional, linguistic, social,

initiated by the International Relations Offices of and cultural integration of foreign students and the four state universities of East Württemberg, students with a migration background. Under the Aalen University, DHBW Heidenheim, HfG umbrella of MOSTKIND, support and integration

international Schwäbisch Gmünd and PH Schwäbisch Gmünd. programs of the International Relations Offices The goal: to be regarded as an appealing university were networked, expanded and partly 17 region with a strong identity, good job reestablished. Only recently, MOSTKIND has found opportunities, a charming intercultural climate, a corresponding recognition by being mentioned and a strongly developed welcoming culture. "TOP" on the website of the Federal Government uses the Baden-Württemberg scholarship as a www.deutschland-kann-das.de. The aim of this premium instrument to achieve its goals. Each of site is to identify projects which serve the the four partner universities in the eastern part of integration of refugees, which MOSTKIND actually Stuttgart concentrates on intensifying existing and does with its online integration portal to support new partnerships as part of the BWS plus project. foreign students in the integration into the society, and with the enabling of a fast entry into the working world for graduates.

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International Club East Württemberg location of East Württemberg to the international students and the appeal of the region: "The Finally, already last autumn, the International students are thus not only ambassadors at their March 2017 Relations Offices of the East Württemberg home universities and places, but are also given universities were admitted to the International incentives to return to East Württemberg as Club East-Württemberg for “Inpats" (the opposite employees." limes

of “Expats”), founded by the East Württemberg Pascal Cromm Chamber of Industry and Commerce and various Director International Relations

companies of the region (http://www.ic-

eastwuerttemberg.de), in which foreign employees of companies, and now also foreign students, of international the region are offered activities to get to know the 18 region East Württemberg. For the students, this means an additional possibility for integration, as well as an early networking opportunity with company representatives. Michaela Eberle, the new managing director of the East Württemberg Chamber of Industry and Commerce, confirmed that this cooperation is a good way to present the

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We are blown away… I have been living in Aalen since August, and from the USA to Aalen I am doing my Master's degree in International Marketing and Sales at Aalen Hi, University. I thought the campus tour was My name is Bobbi Scherman. I am from Pennsylvania, a great. This was a great opportunity to make state in the east of the United States of America. But I was

new contacts right away. I also like Aalen March 2017 born in New York City, where I spent the first years of my USA very much – it’s a nice little . The life. At that time, my mother worked as a computer Language: English cobblestone pavement is so classic! Like in a specialist at the World Trade Center. We were really lucky Capital: Washington, D.C. movie!

th limes that she was not in the office on September 11 2001! Constitution: Federal After the terrible terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, my Republic In the meantime, I have also been out and

mother decided to move to a safer place with my three Area: 9.857.306 km² have gone to parties. When the Germans brothers and myself. So we moved out to the country, to Number of inhabitants: celebrate, it is rarely wild. Nobody ever does Pennsylvania - with the nearest supermarket 30 minutes 322.262.226 (2015) anything crazy. At home people celebrate away. That was quite a change. Sights: Empire State pretty hard. Here everyone is so reasonable. Building, Grand Canyon, I also noticed this by your attention to international After the high school I studied at East Stroudsburg Golden Gate Bridge, waste separation. But I think it's good to do University (ESU), Pennsylvania, and completed my Yellowstone National something for the environment. It's just 19 Bachelor's degree there. When I heard about the Park, Mount Rushmore great to dive into a strange world. possibility of studying here in Aalen at our partner National Memorial Eventually I would like to be the director of university, I didn’t think about it too long. The an International Relations Office, to enable qualifications of German universities are highly regarded other students to discover other cultures as internationally. And there is no study fee! Besides, it is my well. great passion to travel and to get to know other cultures. I don’t like it when you get too comfortable in one place for Take care! too long. Bobbi Scherman

I find, in a strange environment, you grow as a person and you learn a lot. You definitely become more independent. I have also already spent a semester in China.

Prev. Page Table of Contents Next Page We are blown away… from Aalen to Sweden My main project was the quality control of painted car parts.

Hej hej, I lived in a small bungalow just behind the Fascinating, how quickly the internship semester passed beach with other students from Aalen. We by, and how I like to look back on the time that has enjoyed the long days of the summer passed. Half a year I was in Halmstad in Sweden. This March 2017 semester with grilling, fishing, parties, and small town with around 60,000 inhabitants is located in just hanging out. One of our highlights was the south of Sweden, between Malmö and Gothenburg, Sweden »Midsommar« and it really is true, at night directly on the sea! Prior to my studies, I did an Language: Swedish it almost doesn’t get dark anymore! limes apprenticeship as an electronics technican and then Capital: Stockholm

started studying optoelectronics and laser technology. I State form: Parliamentary Also my passion for traveling did not suffer.. have always liked the idea of ​​going abroad, improving my hereditary monarchy One of my highlights was visiting the capital, English skills, and getting to know other people and Area: 447,435 km² Stockholm, which is one of the most cultures. I also wanted to familiarize myself with another Number of inhabitants: beautiful cities I have seen so far. work environment. The internship semester was a great 9.875.378 (2016) Gothenburg, Lund, Kalmar and Jönköping opportunity for this! international Attractions: are just a few more cities that I visited.

Vasa Museum, My internship was a great success and a Aalen University is in close contact with the University of 20 Drottningholm Castle, unique experience. I would encourage Halmstad, so I was able to collect a lot of information in a Open-Air Museum everyone to persue this experience as well. I short period of time, and to get in touch with my Skansen, Astrid just don’t want to miss this time and I supervisor in advance. All formal things, including the Lindgren 's Värld, would gladly do it again, and I wouldn’t Erasmus scholarship, then went relatively quickly. The Rock carvings of change a thing. department at the University of Halmstad, where I Tanum, Glimmingehus Hej då! worked, focuses on research topics and on the processing Timo Ebert and measurement of painted surfaces.

Prev. Page Table of Contents Next Page Foreign students integrated The non-profit organisation International Society Now a new era begins at ISA e.V. Aalen e. V. at Aalen University (ISA) has a reason to

celebrate. The association that was founded by March 2017 students, employees, and professors to promote the integration of foreign students and the

internationalization of the university has been limes

operating for 15 years now.

At this year's Annual General Meeting, Rector and Chairman of the Board, Prof. Dr. Dr. Herbert Hering, drew up a balance sheet to conclude his fifth term

international of office. Around 1,000 foreign students have

21 received help in finding a suitable accommodation. Numerous scholarships and emergency aid Pascal Cromm, Prof. Dr. Dr. Ekbert Hering, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Klauck, benefited foreign students – and last but not least Antje Discher, Prof. Dr. Dirk Flottmann, from left to right is the successful "Buddy Program". Here, German students assist fellow foreign students over a The previous chairman Hering passed the baton to period of one to two semesters, and help to get Prof. Dr. Ulrich Klauck. New Deputy Chairman is along in the new study environment and everyday now Prof. Dr. Dirk Flottmann. Pascal Cromm acts as life. treasurer and Antje Discher as recording clerk. The cash auditors are Professors Dr. Jürgen Strauss and Dr. Ralf Härting.

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Published and edited by the In the next issue: International Relations Office of Aalen University - - Explorhino: the children‘s university gets own premises

Contributing Authors: - International News Christian Kling, Saskia Stüven-Kazi - Research News (ssk), Karin Kimmel / Prof. Dr. Volker Knoblauch, Martina Kübler, - and much more … Pascal Cromm, Bobbi Scherman, Timo Ebert

Photographs: By Aalen University Questions? Comments? Write to: International Center Aalen University Beethoven Street 135 73430 Aalen Germany

Tel: +49 (0) 7361 576 – 1701 Translated from the original German by Fax: +49 (0) 7361 576 – 1709 Nicola Dirks, Student Worker and Raechel Email: [email protected] White, Tutor at the International Center, Aalen University Prev. Page Table of Contents